TOP 40 – BAD GRANDPA TOP AGAIN AS ENDER’S GAME STUMBLES

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa became the first film not at the No.1 Box Office place to top the guide2film Top 40 pouncing on weaker than expected box office results for Ender’s Game, which came in at a disappointing 4th. The adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel suffered from a lack of hype which left it floundering at the lower end of sci-fi opening weekend takings just one week before the US release of Thor: The Dark World. Thor managed a remarkable 3rd despite not being released to the US domestic market, banking $109m overseas and scoring positive reviews. Gravity stayed second to continue its magnificent run which is still going strong after 5 weeks on the market.

On the home entertainment front Monsters University reached 5th place on its DVD release carrying on the long running Pixar tradition of producing top quality animated films.. The Conjuring clocks in a sixth after a Halloween season release while another scary season favourite World War Z was in at 8th. Star Trek: Into Darkness comes in at 7th while Iron Man 3 is 9th, both are long-time features on tis chart and are showing few signs of letting up. And finally in tenth is Despicable Me 2 on a wave of popularity which sees it continuing to feature on the box office charts as well as DVD charts for pre-sale.

Other notable changes include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey rising to 13th after the release of the extended Blu-Ray cut and building hype for its sequel. Captain Phillips is down to a respectable 15th but failed to maintain the box office hype for a top 10 finish. Last Vegas is 16th on its opening weekend and fellow debutant Free Birds is 25th. Critics darling 12 Years A Slave is 20th, only lacking the hype to accompany its reviews. Man Of Steel has been pushed into the top 20 by pre-sale hype.

Check out all 40 below:

1.  Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2. Gravity
3. Thor: The Dark World
4. Ender’s Game
5. Monsters University
6. The Conjuring
7. Star Trek: Into Darkness
8. World War Z
9. Iron Man 3
10. Despicable Me 2
11. Pacific Rim
12. The Croods
13. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
14. Turbo
15. Captain Phillips
16. Last Vegas
17. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2
18. Man Of Steel
19. The Great Gatsby
20. 12 Years A Slave
21. This Is The End
22. The Heat
23. Krrish 3
24. Carrie
25. Free Birds
26. Rush
27. Epic
28. Insidious: Chapter 2
29. The Hangover Part III
30. Now You See Me
31. Oblivion
32. Prisoners
33. The Way, Way Back
34. Mud
35. The Purge
36. Enough Said
37. We’re The Millers
38. Dallas Buyers Club
39. The Internship
40. All Is Lost

The Top 40 is based on box office performance by weekend and total gross, critical reception, internet hype/popularity and fan reception.

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